Sash-holder



(No Model.)

M. v. B. BUANS.

SASH HOLDER, No. 374,867.- adtented Deo. 13, 1887.

WITNESSES t/'Zf l 62E/Wm UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo MARTIN V. B.EUANS, OF CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,867, dated December13, 1887.

Application liled December 10, 1385. Serial No. 185,300. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN V. B. EUANs, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Oircleville, in the county of Pickaway and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSash-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements insash-holders; and it consists in combining with a spring-holder having acork roller a strip of flexible material, which is attached to the sashor window-frame so that the roller will bear upon the same and hold thesash in any position in which it may be placed without the use ofweights, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specilicallypointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate iny invention, Figure lis a perspective view of a window sash and frame, showing Inyimprovement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View. Fig. 3is a transverse sectional View, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view.

A refers to the window-frame, which is of ordinary construction, and hassecured thereto (by any suitable means, as pins or staples) between thesash guide-rails a strip of compressible material, as rubber, said stripbeing indicated by a.

B refers to a metallic casing or casting, the central portion of whichis semicircular in outline, and which is provided with perforated endpieces, b, through which pass wood-screws for securing the same withinrecesses therefor in the sash-frame. This easing B has side walls, c,each of which is providedwith a horizontal slot, c', within which playsthejournal of the compressibleer iiexible roller D, said roller beingInadeof cork, for the reason that it is provided naturally with numeroussmall openings, which will provide Ventilating-spaces,

thus preventing the rubber strips heating or adhering to the same whensaid roller remains for a longtime in one position. The inner portionofthe metallic casing, which lies within the recess in the sash, isprovided with a recess, d, within which will lie one end of a spiralspring, the opposite end of said spiral spring bearing upon the tlatportion of a roller-frame, E, said roller-frame having its sides e bentat right angles and perforated for the reception of the journal F, whichpasses through said perforations and into the slot c, formed in the sidewall, c, ofthe casing. The sides e of the roller-frameadjaeent tothejournal F are provided with projecting lugs e', which lie within theslots c and serve as guides for the roller, thus limiting said roller toplay directly in and out of the casing. The easing may be attached tothe window-frame and the strips to the sash, or vice versa, theoperation in each ease being the same, and any suitable number ofcasings may be applied thereto, aecording t0 the weight of the sash.

By employing the device herein described, sash-weights and otherattachments may be entirely dispensed with, the pressure ot' the rollerupon the flexible strip being sufficient to hold the sash in anyposition in which it may be placed, and said spring-pressure will alsoprevent the sashes rattling.

The combination, with a windowframe and its sash, of sash-holders seatedin opposite sides of the frame, each consisting of a casing havingslotted side walls and a recess at the back, a roller-frame provided oneach side with guide-lugs, a spring seated at its inner end in therecess of the casing and pressing outward on the roller-frame, a spindlejournaled in the roller-frame and carrying a roller of porous yieldingmaterial, and a strip of rubber secured at each side of the sashopposite the sash-holder, substantially as described. In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN V. B. EUANS. lVitnesses:

CHARLES E. MORRIS, GEORGE E. GROMLEY.

